About This Artwork
Model Boat, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11/12 (c. 2046-1794 B.C.)
Wood with pigment
61 x 104 x 23 cm (24 x 41 x 9 in.)
Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Robert H. Fleming, and Norman W. Harris, 1894.241
This model of a boat, complete with its crew, was placed in an ancient Egyptian tomb to insure that the deceased would have transportation in the afterlife.
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 154A, 1994 – present
Publication History
Allen, Thomas George. A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923, p. 49 (ill.), 50.
"CLEOPATRA; THE ANCIENT WORLD," Computer program, 1997, The Art Institute of Chicago.
Ownership History
Found at Meir.